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gy KENTUCKY FRUIT NOTES  
I W. I). Aruistroiig, I‘I()l`1I(5lIIU1l`lSI, Editor  
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IS FRUIT OUTLOOK FOR 1939 CUIIIIIIUII storage stocks are small, 1 5
111* . . . . . , . , - _ 1 -
`H Fruits in Genera, axslll Ixrxle laigtly iuoxed into (3011 ,
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Ill UI)()]ll(‘SlI(‘ l)l't)(IlIt'lI()II ol all I I_ I __ _ ,
,.1_ui,S is uxp(_,_,,_(, ,0 ,,\.(,1,uw_ I 1lpp c tT(‘t"11Il1I11(lS contilnue to ,
he higher for the next 5 years (1939-- ‘|" m"`·_ I is l‘?“t““"t“‘l I lfltr lll  
111t 423) than tl1e aiverage for the 193-I ~ I IL {)l“”°1ll’ ‘c$ me CO1lt1llu(A§’ t__*€` ¤
iis IIS l)(‘l'llIIl. I11di1·atio11s point to sig- ""m"'1 (4 1»<·¤1·1¤1; ifllple trees “{ll   ;
IM, ,,,,,,_.,,,,,\. ,.,,.,,0,. §up,,],,,§ ,,1· he ahout 1-I.t)Ut),tI()U in 19-10, Ellltl 111 ;
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N g,.:,,,,,,·,.,,,,’ (,,.Z,,,gcS7 ,,,,,%,.,,,,1, 194-1 rIl)flIIl t1t1.()ll(),()t)() trees. Low   e
1111 and lemons. Moderate llIt‘l't’ilSt‘S HPPIQ 1**2**0* 111 1`€€_9111 }'€31`S» , f
_\, um, in l,,.OS,,,.,Ct yo,. ,,0,,,.% ,,,.,,,.,,,,S_ gliovuglit, Iieezes and wind damage  
hy ,,,,,,,,S, ,.,,,,,.,.,,,S ,,,,,1 ,,,.,,,,,1S_ ,1,,,,,],. l¤l\C 1IIt‘IC2ISC(l iemloxals. Home ;
my ,,,.,),,,,,,,,0], fm. ,,,,, ]t);;I]___1,3 ,,0,.,0,1 orcliards have contribiited heavily  
U,. ,,.,,1 ,,,.,,1,,,1,],- s],,,,,· ,, $1,,,,],, ,1,,_ to the decline 1p tree numbers 111   5
.· he vast I11 tie future remov-
,,.1 1l111e. I I _ · _ _ 1 _ ,
In 1.,,,,, l)1·iL·(»S(luring-1h(1nextfQ\\' als will he lieavier 111 marginal { ,
C ,, years will lie tlepeiulent largely 01‘Cl1211‘llS. xOl'Cl1\\'C$I production  
,,,- upon the changes i11 supplies and 11115 1111*5011 1110 11€i1k;_ 111 UNB C€1111`€1l 1 Q
,,,',, t*t1llSllIII<‘I` llIt'Ullll‘b l.l`0lIl year to *1111@§ P1`0d11€T1011 1S €§1D00f€d to I  
,, rear. \\`ith itu II`O\'t‘lI1(‘l1l. i11 COI}- 1`<‘111f1111 8lJ011t U18 $81116; 111 ll1€ East I Q
pl . _ I _
,,,,1 SlllIlt’l' lvuyiug power, gross sales of the U`€11(l 13 (l0\\'l1\\'€11`d. I -
all lIl‘lIllS can he expected to ill- Indications are that apple pro-  
(‘l`t‘ilSL‘. This dues IIOI, 11102111 that duction for the LIIIIIQGLI States as a I `
gi-oweis of all truits 02111 expect whole will be downward, with the    
Illtl prices to lIl('I`€‘2ISC 1‘€g2l1‘tlIOSS of ]>1‘0— amiual p1·()(l11etiOu by 19-15 Of I-  
aw ` (lllt‘II0ll. I11 fact, with the burtlen- ]40,()t)0,tlOt) bushels as eohipai-ed —  
111·· smite supply of citrus fruit that 19 with tl1e present average annuztl  
111 111 prospect for the next few years, production of 150,000,000 ltushels.  
lltltt orange and g1·apet`rui·t. growers may ,,,,,,,0 ,,,.0d,,Ct,O,, ,,, the L1,,,,€d  
1f' °XI’*i'*'l1l11`1"*`*l0*“011I111“0lO“`· States in 1939 is expected t0 be Qi
""" large · tl1a tl1e 1933 e ·o 1. I-fl
lIIt‘ Apples ` I H ` I I 111
1 e 1
tl··1 The 15138 apple crop of 130.328,- _ Peaches  
11·l~ 1)(1() 1,,,,],,% is ,,,,,,-9 ,1,,,,, ,,,,O,,|,,,·,] I)llI`Illg the last. four years there  
··11e s11111lle1· than the 1937 apple crop 1111* l1§‘€*11 11 *l1€11Ql1 111<`1`<’?1$€’ 111 P1‘11€l1  
111*1 <»t’ r2ll‘t)lllltl 211,t)t)t),()t)t1 t111Sh,;]s_ Dlilllllllgi. This is especially true  
Storage holdings as of Novemlwer 111 1l1<‘_1111l101`I§11t PCMI1 l11`0d11€1}1g  
as I for 1938 are gjym, as 297(5()()_@9(1 states III the bouth. Tl1e large 111-  
lll- liusltels. This compares with 31.- (‘1`<‘?1§° 111 Imlllmlgs Colltmued 111 fi-fl
in —Ill0.(ll)O liushels for November 1, llhlh  
ttl- N37. Ill 1937 large quantities of As a result. of the sharp increase  
-al ilpples were held i11 eoiunion stor- i11 each 1la11ti11<*si11tl1ei111)orta11t  
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les \ ages ot various kinds. Tl11s year peaeh growing 1'(’gIOllS,`Ill€ average  
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  1 BULLETIN OF THE KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION  
JW LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY  

 Y an1111al peach production i11 tl1e STRAWBERRY CROWN .
R; }JnitediSt·atei1is expected tlii be RORER DURING FEBRUARY _ H,]
- arger t uriner ie 11ex o yea1·s ian i
i _ the averagebof 51,000,000 b11sl1els AND MARCH  
of the last 5—year period. Burden- By \V. NV. Magill Si
_ _ some supplies may be expected in _ ii i __ _ . of
1 5 or 10 years if plantings continue _ \Y.Cii1i‘1{; tflliul and tliilblgsiiéq K,
» at the present rate. Even with the (omu (lm l C ‘l )_° U t S mw cu} is
present number of beariiig trees, crown borer during the past few mi
` supplies may be so large in seasons }'¢‘¤1`S, but I Hgllili i\l>D01ll to ihc Ov
_ i I when gyowiug Conditions gpg favgp- [ill'lllC1‘ ]>l'Utlllt'lllg Sll'il\\'i)C1`l'10S, viii
 · able as to result in unsatisfactory especially in S0\li.il\\'l‘SlCl‘1l Keir  
f prices. lucky, to do some tliinlcing and im
During the last few years peach planning during tl1e next. few 0,,
growers have found a 1·eady market weeks, Hy ifpril ls! if will bc loo wl
* 0 f<>mjt11e}r {Full at 5ilti$f¤€t01`Y_l1i`iU@S· lalo fo control l/rc <·rou·11 liorcr in tw
— ·\VItl1 increase in eonsu111er lllCOl1l€ the 1939 pg(,,,[,·,iU_ yvhvy Thi, ru
· PHCBS durmg the next mw y€{}1`S· adult insect is now hibernating i11 0V
` even with the increased sllppl1€S, Sti.,i“,bCi.i.y iiclds iirouml the berry a
· Peaches Should Cmmmle to make plants. By the last of February fl1·
R R favorable returns to the grower, this adult will iii, feeding Ou the wi
Qxwpt whe? _ g1`Ol‘ nig Coiufimoils leaves of the plant. About the mid- 00
i . are flbove ?“f’la3€im du PML I P10' dle of March the female adults will lm
. 1_ ducing isections. 1`hen marketing be depositing eggs (Cuph imc dc. no
. R difficulties may be expected. positiiig from 25 io 120 Cggsy St,
_‘ei ’ 1 Strawbenies After the eggs have been deposited fhl
l The picking aciiiiiiie Of Straw in the tender crown growth it is 811
  ggg·i<~>S 19,j»9W¤1b?¤}»¤iit{9j,»- iIIStli"¥.§`liTS1§§g°$ §iL`LZi°§i§L`§.i`Ei,i ii}
,   It . aglesgt E lmiggeét Smce %‘)“‘)· tl1e plant that they cannot be Y0
A Q ls pebcent 3 me the acwzlgc washed ot’f by holdin·1· the plants all
    §;;;;iSt§Sdi;gic;?3§‘ f Agieage mi under a stream of watgr. What can
;* · _ _ . B. or 1 Srsgiiotu the average grower do to control Ri
. i i eaily states which include X irgnna, Hm 1,0,.0,. » Simply din, Your Dpmii yi.
E 1     aggjigcgggceage IS m A1l"m` during February, pull off all dead (`1
is   ` I _ ` ‘ R _ _ leaves and old runners, place the ——
   . f the Yield P8? MTB U1 1939 1S newly dug plants in a pond or in Bla
. i i (Equal W tht? lO‘}'€31‘ &V€I`ilS€, the a t11b of water, take a pitchfork a11d kn
1 § g ' Pmductlou for 1939 “'0U1d be 21b011l3 dip the plants up Zllld down in the pr
‘ · ’ · 300 000 000 t Tl ` ·
.2 i I > > qua? S- US would be water to thoroly wash away the dirt as
  i 9   cent l3.I‘g€I‘ than the 1938 and trash-—thcn take the pi2llllS 011f fl?
1 si   P10 lgmoni Pmductloll m_ tht? and "heel in" on clean soil at least Y0
i _ E i S€°?d inrg %I`0uP of SWWGS 15 €X· 200iyards from an old berry field t`r·
ii =,. T i ii   300 0 6 6i`g€1' than thi? 66,- until ready to plant in the field th
ipe   I; di  ‘
( ii _ strawberry crop will be marketed lowed tlns Srocedure, tell me they hl
j   under somewhat more favorable de- can wash and heel in over 2,000 pl
i; , mand conditions, Prices to grow- plants in a day. 'l‘l1us, the crlra co
_ ii " cfs 111 the second early states in labor involved will cost you less
‘ {   1038 were higher than average and than $3.00 pe1· acre of new berries hi;
V   l _ higher than in 1937." planted. yq

 l' IIou· can you und out when the trol the Strawberry Crown Borer
Y Q adult female borer will begin laying on his farm and thus help us reduce
. eggs in if/3D? Dr. P. (). Ritehcr, this annual crown borer loss, of _
0 Entomologist of the Experiment ove1· $25,000.00, to a minimum.
Station who made a special study ___ Z
_d of the crown horer i11 \Vestern Q
  Kentucky during 1037 and 1038, THE ANNUAL MEETING .
  is still on. the job to determine Tlic 83i-d Annual Convention of , .
ll€‘*"‘”*ll`." time li"? }'0ll· He 0% the Kentucky State Ilorticultnral ,
tw over 1000 adult horers in special S()(3i(5ty_ the College ()l.A$I1'l(!UllllI`O ¢
isv cages ill l>Ol`l'y fields (lf \V0$l0l`l1 Of {lic; University Of Kcl1’Ll1Cl{}' Z
ll` Kentucky and through the cooper- (.O0pm.miHg_ was Mm Ht L,,xim_,yOue ;
ld fllltlll of \V· D- Al`l“*ll`O“¥¥» l*m`ll‘ Kentuckv. rin connection with the  
HV (’Illlll1`lSl {lt I)1'lll('(?l.OIl Sllllsitliltlll, blupn] (nid II()]]](} \\lQQk p],‘Og1'iil]1 of
00 who sends the adult horers to him HH, [fuk-C].Sjt\, Of Kcmuckv . .
  ees     <‘<.· k- b<‘¤l¤¤l·@¤ Fel)- In are ofthe “-arnmre ses- ‘
lll‘ mm`}, 1*   R‘lt°'hm` °x""""°“ thc sions were very well attended. Fruit t .
lll °v"{"°S el the f°l“"l° l"""`l`“ “"‘l"" and herrv growers from 30 counties { 0
I.}- a high power nncroseope and can were pwiscut and took part in the  
1.}- then determine when the egg laying mccmmx Bosidcs thcsu many  
he will start. A slnpmept of crown Othm, (iolmtios were rcpresénted by  
id- l‘°"""* "“ F"lY""‘“`Y le “"‘“ ‘fX*"“‘ their county agents; so the informa-   -
'lll mod by D1" l*¤t<·l·e‘ and I)m(‘hfallY tion passed ont will be widespread j
le- “° ‘l"""l°l“"""t ".""" the """t?’ over nre state. Those present re- 2 ·
sl- Stage was thm °V"l°m‘ We tell ceived a great. deal of benefit from   Z
éll tl"’“ "‘“l"“`* *" *'°“." """‘"*' "¥"’"t nie rerv? nrspnatlenal program   ;
is and yonrilocal agrienltiure teacher and {min the plhlm, mpg diS_ y g
ive and furnish a news article to your Ousgiom that 81,0 Q pm., of ever,.  
in local lml)°I`—m`gl"g You te (ll? horticultural meeting. i i ;
be Your lllimts et fm"`- if You lmvc Hol Mr. hvllllillll Fegenbush of   ;
me ?lll`0?ll1·¤¢¤l¤¤·=}l 1111-1·S_ llllls 1111111-111e 111111-11 l-Zlllgil 111 }j‘_jj
j Society member and those fruit tnnelef nnn1n,n1n,n_ 11,1,1 11s 11,,. elw
i ml ll€l`l`Y gl`OlllF`l`s lll llle Slllle llllll would likclv iiicreasc rapidly in the A Me]
  - are interested 111 these annual re- fntnre ` E Ll ‘
  , ports and the llorticiiltural Society Pmfeeenl, Teeke nee etnien inn, §  
j ___, should send in tl1e1r inenibershlp Brown Ret wee t1n,n,“.(n.et (Heenee ~  
j, fee te llle S€°l`°l*ll`Y`rl`l`€`llslll`°l`· i11 peaches a11d that it l1ad been nn,
_ kept under control fairly well in n- 1
Trends m APPR and Peach 1938 bv nitinerous spray and dust em
_· , ` Growing anlicatioiis to fruit on the trees. ,(
vn One ef the fentnred ent_ef_State aiitle snltnr was also applied to thc `llll
_ 1 e speakers On tlle program was PI.0_ fruit   it went illl‘0llgIll tl1e le>1·11_sl11-~
py i {essen. A_ II. Teske ef the Vingnnn or dctnzzer to protect the l1‘\lll lll I
Y; e1·_e_ €· Extension Service. He stated that ll`llllSll· Fllllllllclls lllllllllli S°lll`_lll` fllltl
  3 in line with other Seetiens Vneinin troubleexritli Browii Riot- are llSl`ll! en
1 eA·_1 :1 1 had been nnnnine, eenen1el.nb1e an additional spray ot lnne sultnr Mn,
  e   nereene te peaenee Of this nenenne or ivetltable snlfur in tl1e late p1nl·: inn
eV__   the Elbeyta eeeennte fen. 70%, stage gust betore the blossoms open Ot. I
  Hene 10%, Georgie Bene 10%; with good results-, Many gl`t>\\`•‘l'~ me
  1   and the benenee is Cnrnnnn Hney,7 arc. malcing their own wettal·l·· no
I      Golden Jubileee and a few Others- Suliurs tOl' svplilylllg, \\·ll{ull Cll21l>l]¤‘> mw
1.;*1   This snows, as de neeent nlennnge them to saxe eonsideia vlc on t ic me
  in other Seenene that whne there spray bill. Most gl`O\\'(‘l'S llSt‘ both em
    is a Widespread Search for earlier ll lllllllell ‘ll“l Slllllllll`l` “°""l` "l"’l‘ Sill]
?   3 and better varieties the ;_y1-otveps as te ll€l1> k<‘<*D the $91} co1‘crcl (..H.(iS riupp iw looks {,,1. |,(.tt(.l- growers are getting big dividends t
es. Umm, tiulws in 5 (,1. 6 yl.m.S_ torlthe time they speird lip spacing  
l¤’ . ant in giving `l|‘ll' iets spee1a t
li" Strawberry Highlights attention. The Blakemore variety   ?
lslll DL (L M_ ])m..l.U“._ b(,l.1.y (axpwt beeause ot   habit lotinakliiig too   '
Hu and the leader ot berry work in the lllilli llllllltl ll ‘llIlt` EM ell?} wml; t  
· .t.· l¤·*·‘·l **=l*·‘* "·‘¤*·l" i**·‘i* lt ef   ZI11t`ttZIT1'tZ’t?t.t‘ZfE`,tt`tt,.1L"lL tt'.'$‘“£$?$€ l  
nk t‘11ltlll`*`- YM`? ll ““l'Y “"llllll`_(`ll°llS_ll`A UO j·m·{],(.l- (.ypi·egqetl. the opinion   i
ten lllmlmlvll lwllml uml llmiusslnu that in order toliret best results l it
.-is °l ‘ll‘.` """""" l’l"""` "ll `lY""'l”`"”l' wait the l’l·tl·e1norevarietv siéeiti   li
i.1.· ”l"""ll‘” ‘l“ l"`ll""`l l" l“"‘l"“ll·`° an-C ieta titib t·ti-mit-1tit`1tl For  
iles HU Smlllll limi Us il gl-llwml Ulm; those s(t·1i·tiiie·l1ieivlilaiitiiigsoftliis  
HW most growers were paying too little __   `_‘l 1 ’__ ‘{ ll_‘ t_   _ N   i  
attention to mulelnng and were ldlwll l.l° ll*‘ 0 ll `m ` U FQ mlb l<·-Q
(lll] getting smaller vields and too manv lu") *'l`*'lll‘ mls Strongly urged ‘i;·l?
  sandyiand dirty berries as a. result. U lt “'il$ lllio Slillctl llllll lll? fllil-lllil  
UN (nhl that ].Ol.m.(]< Simw mjury in vaiiety gave less iesponse to paint-  
`I  _ strawberry plants ean be expected *'ll·l€lll§ lll·lll llltlgl ·lll} el l°l  
T (I \\'llt‘l1 t<‘lIl]n*1‘att1res go dow;] to log \ill`lt‘t}. _i_,  
`;lll]l_;_ to le in November or below 103 ` ln diseussing the formation ot  
IM] in lleeeniher. l`he plants eau- stand trnit buds Dr-. Darrow stressed the  
more severe weather without 1n_n1ry nnportanee ot getting an early set  
Mw as the winter advanees and they ot runner plants so they would be  
ini". _ ltt*t‘11me]t1t»1‘e ll{ll'tlt_‘]l(`*(l_ I[g stated (le\'t*l0]\Qtl (`*llOllL['ll‘ to tt>l'lll llt‘il\'_\  
wml \\°~‘<l1e1‘ ileports showed that during erotvns and lots ot trnit lnnls ¤ltll‘—  
'IIM the last ntl years. temperatures  ing hepteinlnir and (le·toliei‘. lhe  
vm}. l·t’X·lllQ`lttll had gone below `l:?~ use ot terttlizer as a side tllvsslltg  
IUIL tllltlllg Oll(‘-lllll`tl ot the years in in late l\ngnst· and $t‘Dll‘lllll\‘l` 2l>  
X"\`<‘llll¤<‘l‘ and had gone to IO? or an aid to truit bud tl(‘\`Ol0lllll€lll  
lnllow over half of the years iii was oi1t•oti]'a;jt‘tl, A \\'ill‘lllll§I \\`2l>  
llt‘*’l‘\¤1ll<‘l'. and that while western also issued against. the spring use  
n-re l{lllllllt‘l{}' is a bit warmer, the ot` nitrogen t`ertilization on the  
inia reeords show that we ean expeet hearing tield. This. he said. was a  
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5 I proven bad practice and was to be period ol` stormy weather after the   mat
;w0i(l€(l_ foliage has been suhgcctedh to bl`llls- r bm-5
‘ Dr. Darrow stated he looked lor ing and shock by ill{Ill·\\’1ll(lS, had r mic
i much improvement of varieties lll or trceznig injury. Nitrate appli. I pm
I the next few years both by the cations to help 1‘CS[OI'C.illt‘ lost l the
I _ U. S. D. A. and by some of the lfoliage have been practiced and ~ cm]
T experiment stations, and suggested were suggested. A great nerd lor mul
l that some of the better new \'2l1`1C- more information about tlus ( xscase I j_
ties be tried out as they become and for satisfactory control was I
available, He suggested further strongly brought out. _ Im]
that a variety should be studied MI; \V_ (]_ Johnstone of the r =¤11=
’  - and fruited 001lS1d€1‘¥\bl}' b<‘f01‘€ experiment station, and former onli
’ ~ large acreagcs in a Section HTG county agent at Paducah. gave a tun
. lanted to it. ve1 fine discussion of "A Soil oro
 l p . . - Buviiding Program for Strawber- CI y
Dlscussmn of Mouse Imury ries" This paper is published in t.
. _PIOI_- G· C- O(I*II*III* of III0 U· S· th1s issue and is called to your at _l .
BIOI°fi`I°*lI SIII"'(`}` ?*I“` II "I`I`Y 00III' tcntion as of great interest to straw- `III
· · prehensive discussion of mouse in- berry mcrr “°I
Jury to fruit trees,. Moving pie- At the Spray Session Dr_ yy D Mw
· tures were shown ot the (:ill:f€1‘€I1b Vaueau and Dr_ p_ O_ Ritchm. con
z IYP0S 0I IIII00 II,‘*Il 00IIS0 IlIJIII`Y I0 stressed disease and insect control WHS
» trees. The two injurious kinds, the and the importance of u thorough was
_ Y Pme mouse, and the Meadow mouse. Spraying job to Combat the rmmm, the
= are larger and darker than our OHS pests ber
rv ` ' · ~ "` I . . . _
  _ Ordmar} house m°u“°‘ TII0 I me Other interesting and instructive TIM
— III0?0 “`0I(I;SrI‘I III"“0I*f‘}I“I0I`.III0 talks were also given aaa will l».~ frm
. Sur 000 an 0 000 IIIOSI 0 II0 mlm} published in the proceedings of the Um
A I from the surface of the soil down mmgmion mu]
A LE · .   l · ‘ ,  
, i 0I0IIg III? I00I‘ 000 I? I.‘0_0“0 $r['{‘I Let as all get tagetlier now and Ml
  f i iglggzvt ;0§r€0t€;$ligE·I,IIlI ‘u {JC work for a successful year in Ken- Ill
E .S€.1S. .0 0 S I ‘ I0 tuckv horticulture. I`€I*
i i feeder and his injury is done at or ‘ anti
ii ‘ slightly above the soil surface. ——————~· -\
‘:& Mr. cl k ·l’ ‘· · l · le
f 0=i— l gi—Owa·Sii>$§`ai$€c ~iY·{LZliiiai 'iiiia- A S0II· BUILDING I’II0GRI`·I“ “°"
  g from around the tree trunk for 3 FOR STRAWBERRIES I “
it  or 4 feet Hlld to examine around \Vm. C. Johnstone iw,
— _;. the trees for mouse runways and 1 I. . U .11 .11. ms.
55 ‘ ,, » . . _* _ · _* (y· · _ .
or 1 5 injury. He pointed out that readv rl H (]Q00IITIII¤l‘I 00} U? T me HI? hm
  mixed bait can be obtained again ’jO‘IlI}l UI }0_i‘R`,I°I_a1_°;   B I"?] __` wr,
  this year by contacting the Bio- ;l£0;\(lII tmp ?t_“ IT rn PII] Ur pla
·_   logical Survey, Experiment Sta- lh"; Emi-; (HL   fI}·"(_ Kid I I aa]
  eaaa, Latayeae, laeliaaa. ·‘ l‘0I·y0I0“ 0‘II0“· ‘ "" T
gr gg; _ _ _ an opportunity to study these re- I0I_
j *i·   BacI°I`IIIm Prem m 1938 <[llll'(‘ll`lCIll'S over a period ot' several “`0-
    ·Mr. Frank Street ot Henderson years in west Kentucky, where nl xd
T   dlscussed the serious outbreak of cooperation with the Berry Asso- III
.   Bacternnn Pruni in Kentueky eiation, the newspapers and local ‘lII`
  peach orchards during 1938, It business men, a 200—erate-per—acre lII`I
* -‘ · was pomted out that tlns in`ur strawberr club was or anizcd. SIII
I ¥ ll · · ·1n
_ gr ·- genera y shows up worse during Any farmer who obtained an {1VOl`· ‘ ‘
:· a real Wet summer or following a age yield of over 200 crates auto- ‘i“’
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the   inatically hecamo eligible to mem- Plant Foods
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ns- ;_ bar-slnp and was awarded a Cer- Any soil building program tor
Mil   giiicatc of llonor as well as cash strawberries must be a long time
.’l*· i prizes if he happened to be among program; there is no short cut to i
(M L thc highest producers, because sev- liwlilllti il _iQ1‘i1lG S01l li'0H1 it peer j
llhl l eral prizes were otl`ered for the (mc- 1`(§I`l1hlY w'mQtl’€l_)‘{u&’l'tm 1
tor · hiwhcr vivlds bags, Ixo amount ot tcrtilizer can 3
Me ‘ " ° ` ` . be bon ht to make 1 loor soil good. y
was Tlm l"m‘l"°'l Ymtcé et _Slmlv` ln facg it is well klmlwn that large t V
l’*“`I`*“s PGY ucw IS u lug}! ylfild {U applications of commercial fer- Q
the   an ill`\‘il \\'l1<‘1`<¥ UW il·V€i`*lS€ Ylclfl is tilizer are more ctlectivc in fertile .
-· onlv about 50 crates. It is tour ai . . ( .,,1,% do not ·
mi . si s tnan on plot » . ,
· times the \’l¤*l“"lll 0ulY it *}*01* ment of along program is the use , f
th,. tune, or that the lillltl lliltl lJ€€lt Of lime and phosphate The appli-  
maintained in an excellent state ot eatien of lime fm. the direet benefit {
and te·tilit>‘ <>~‘~·¤‘ ¤¤ l<>¤s1>¤¤‘i<>d of ems- of strawberries is aaumtai, but the gg 4
(en- lll Ul_h*‘I` ‘}`*“`*l*r ll‘°l`€ WHS if d1}`?Ct use of lime so that legumes will g A
1‘9ltm**“*l*ll_’ l‘<*Y"`*’°¤ lllgll l€I`lllll}' grow more luxuriously is a basic   °;
¤¤¤dl¤sl1>‘1¢ll}` be  gQa_§
Y ·. and even for large vields of lneh little or no necessity for the ap-  
it O! . ¤ ~ ¤ . . . . . at
mm quality pastnrage, plieation ot either potash or nitro-  
_ jre.;
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  0. Tl\.\‘...,.‘ ,l. .,.     ,.,,.1
I ,en. nu ls .1 siiious 4 aiigei, sinh.1s¢o111,so)l1<.1ns, .nnl e1·1·y areas is pro. 2
i » amounts of lime and pliosphate nioting the loss of soil and l'e1·lili1y ·
  ` being used a.sl1o1·tage of potash will at zi fur greater rate than we :n···
§ be encountered unless more atten- building them. ..
· tion is given to the production and Sl.1‘il\\'l)0l'I'l0S, properly lmndletl.
e eare of farm 1I1H11\l1'€. are not a depleting erop. They are
I wish to make it clear again that well adapted to eontonr enltivaiion
~  . ` I am 1101 1`€C0l11111€11Llil1g the use of and wlwn planted on the contour ml
I J lime for the direct benefit of ber- perniit wi·_v little erosion; then- il"
g ries, nor do I want to reeonnneml roots are active tlwouglnout 1h·· iz"
_ l ‘ the application of 11l2l11lll`C just winter and, l,ll()1'0iUl‘l‘, perinit little t"
g _ previous to the setting of lmerries. or no leaehing of plant food; earl;. P0
i   Bly idea of a good long time farm inulehing also prevents erosion and l“*
ii soilp1·og1‘a1nis something like this: adds to the fertility of the soil; Sl)
it lst. the application of lime and and the m;u·ketal>le purl of ile- L`
· phosphate; 2nd, the seeding of a berry crop renioves il 1·elzntiv¤·ly th
e ~ good grass and legiune 111ixtu1·e; small amount of plant food t`1·on, tu
.; Q 3rd, the use of land for hay and the soil, So if the berries are prop gr
  pasture for severail years with erly hanllled, there is 110 1't‘2lS·~l _
j   Y proper eare being given to the why they should 1101 lit in well wie 111
    I making and saving of the I11&llllll'l! ;i good soil hnililing p1·o;;1·znn. 0**
  ’ ill€1‘€’l'1‘0Il1; ith, the use of this high SPRA ETIN N?
  class sod land for the proiluetion 1,l_ _ _ __ I _· Y   _ . _ _ all
 . . ._ ans (nl ning, pu und lin ..
  ot a clean eultnated crop such as _ __ _ _) _\_- __ 10 thm www _1__ H L te
—   tobacco or toniutoes. previous to §1)1,‘·l>(,M1C1u   7,.   It th
¥~·§§ whieh cmp there should be il Yin`- ilmili , vTl]lill,i41i\hi. éimli I:. l i N
  ther application of nnnnn·e and dppih `m(· phii Uh “`Hi.li`° lh Ei
  l   phosphorus; 5th, after the reinoval rwiclvii uiimwsrThlmlliilm iii limi,
Wi $ of such (;1'O   1110 immediate seedine umm`} Hgmi tl iw lh`} iilowmhm Ul
  . . I _ ¤ apple seal) and emllnig moth oi;
  O? il wlmcr Coll"` CYOP? mlb SCL apples and plnin e1n·eulio and
  §;3YgSt]§Hl;_€1`l`}L “l")l§_f;l the lwllgglié ()1·iental 1`ruit moth on peael1··~
    b(_" 01% f€Ft'ilC‘1](;1,g:l;1 (liligll Hlllf   and apples w1ll he stinlnul p;n·tn·ni Oi-
  _ A   H T_ A   b ” Al‘n?l‘i lztrly close, with other niseeis ann W]
   ‘ mmusa Cu ll *1 ml md} O *ml“" ll eolleeted at liexing I,
  mg PI`0L’I`?U¤_f0i` $t_Yi“}'l)€l`i'lC$i UKOYG ton, Louisville, Ilemlerson, ])l'lll<‘~’-  
  31:6 t\VO b3,S1C ]_)l.`1H(Tlp].€S \Vl11Cl1 I [OH, and :P;]_ducah_ _ _ ' E\·Cl·}·
  wish to SIEYQSS fm`tll01`¥ fll`$t» tl'?} {I1'O`\\'01' Should rush now to 1ini~l _
  use of a large proportion of the his dorinant spray. Do not let Ot
  ei-op aereage for clean filled crops spring ea1·eh von. tl;
    P
  This publication is a part ol' the swviees ;nitlnn·izeil luv the pl
  l   - Melton-Cleveland Bill, passed by the l$lflS Kentucky (i(‘llCl'2ll Asseinlily y
Qj  in special session, which authorized and app1·op1·iatc·d rt Speei:¤l  cc
._   I I·Iortieultu1·al Fund to be adiniiiistered by the Kentneky Ag1·ieultu1·ul   0(
jy; e_»» | g [_ Eiiperiment Station of the University ol? Kentneky, This act appro-i m
4· 5 ; priates funds for ll01"[lClllt\l1‘Hl serviees to the fruit and berrv Q‘l`O\\`l‘l`?*i cl
  ‘ " L of the state. ` U B
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